Anybody happen to know the width of the tailplane ID stripes on P-47s (specifically 9th AAF)? Also, the depth of the cowl color bands?
Pretty sure I’ve got these in my reference materials, and if it comes to it I can always calculate them by scaling profiles, but I’m away from my refs at the moment and hoping to make the most of my bench time tonight, rather than digging up measurements. Got some Jugs to paint, after all!
I found this. Looks like 15 inches. Not sure about the 9th AF:
Just found it and a pretty awesome reference source…
Vertical tail - 12" band, centered 26" from fin tip on very early P-47s and moved down to centered 32" on most everything after the P-47D-5-RE
Stabilizers - 16" band, centered 33" from outermost point
Cowl band - 24" from front lip
Ditto Doogs. I’ve spent lots of time reading on Scribd, lots of cool books on there. I always check that site before I buy a new book.